In brief
NSW residents can dob in someone they see littering from a car from 1 March 2015.
The new system will allow fines to be issued for validated reports submitted by the community.
To submit a report, residents need to provide the offending vehicle’s registration details along with a description of the car, identify the street and suburb where the littering from the vehicle took place, the date and time, and details of the litter.
If validated, the registered owner of the car will receive a penalty notice from the State Debt Recovery Office, imposing a fine.
For further details go to www.epa.nsw.gov.au/litter/from-vehicle.htm or phone the Environment Line on 131 555.
Cardiac arrests: arming clubs
A THREE-YEAR Red Cross campaign to introduce defibrillators into sporting clubs around Australia is now headed for the nation’s schools.
Red Cross first aid trainer Anthony Cameron said a sudden cardiac arrest could happen anywhere and having a defibrillator at hand could dramatically boost survival rates.
“While an actual ‘heart attack’, where a diseased, narrowed or blocked artery disrupts blood flow to the heart is rare in children, a cardiac arrest is far more common. A cardiac arrest is when the heart is no longer beating,” he said.
A cardiac arrest can occur in children due to drowning or choking, receiving an electric shock, respiratory related medical conditions such as asthma and anaphylaxis, trauma, poison or congenital abnormalities.
